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• Canadian ring sentenced in phony ATM card fraud in Vermont

  28-12-2017 23:21 via vtdigger.org
  The U.S. District Court and post office building on West Street in Rutland. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger
  RUTLAND – The last of four Canadian men convicted in a scheme to turn gift cards into phony ATM cards and then withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from bank machines around Burlington was sentenced Thursday in federal court for Vermont.
  Brandon Lo, of Laval, Quebec, was sentenced in federal court in Rutland to time served and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.Two other co-defe
  
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• Homestretch $12K Match Challenge. Double your impact and help us reach the finish line!

  28-12-2017 23:11 via vtdigger.org
  Anne Galloway, editor of VTDigger.Two generous donors are helping us get to the finish line. For every dollar donated, two generous donors will match them up to $12,000. Donate now and double your impact.
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  “News in pursuit of truth” is VTDigger’s new tagline heading into 2018.
  Whether it’s the farthest corners of the Northeast Kingdom (Coventry embezzlement story) or the far-off corridors of Washington, D.C. (extensive ch
  
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• Readers’ picks for top news stories of 2017

  28-12-2017 22:29 via vtdigger.org
  Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, along with tools that measure readership on every VTDigger article, make it easy to see which stories resonate the most with our audience.
  Earlier this week, we posted our editors’ picks for the most significant stories of 2017 and a selection of pieces about inspiring Vermonters. This list represents the top VTDigger articles of the year, as chosen by you. We tallied up the page views on every article and took into account the shares,
  
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• Bennington postpones townwide vote on charter revisions

  28-12-2017 21:04 via vtdigger.org
  BENNINGTON — Facing a tight deadline in advance of Town Meeting Day, the Selectboard has delayed plans to submit proposed town charter changes to Bennington voters at that time.
  Meeting for the first time since receiving recommendations from the Charter Review Committee, board members decided Wednesday not to place any of the suggested changes on the March annual ballot. Instead, members will continue to discuss the proposed revisions and seek public comment through April, then consider sc
  
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  28-12-2017 20:59 via twitter.com
  
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• Vermont’s congressional delegation to recognize Vermont U.S. service academy nominees

  28-12-2017 15:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Congressional DelegationDec. 27, 2017
  Press Contacts:Leahy: John Goodrow 802-238-8362
  Sanders: Dan Mclean 802-862-6695
  Welch: Kate Hamilton 202-440-3340
  Vermont’s Congressional Delegation To Recognize Vermont U.S. Service Academy Nominees at State House on Thursday, December 28, 2017. 2:00 p.m.­
  Senators Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch will recognize 26 young Vermonters nominated to United States Service Academies to b
  
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• Green Mountain Care Board meetings in January

  28-12-2017 15:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain Care BoardDecember 27, 2017
  Contact:Conor Kennedy(802) 505-3055
  Unless otherwise noted, all Green Mountain Care Board meetings are held on the second floor of the City Center building at 89 Main Street, Montpelier, VT.
  Wednesday, January 3rd: Board Meeting (1:00 pm)· Individual Mandate Discussion· CSR Working Group Update
  Wednesday, January 3rd: Public Hearing (4:00 pm)· Public Comment on Hospital Budget Guidance 2019
  Wednesday, January 10
  
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• Winter sports usher in new year in Vermont

  28-12-2017 15:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Tourism and MarketingDec. 27, 2017
  Contact:Philip Tortora, Communications DirectorVermont Department of Tourism and Marketing(802) 522-7323; [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – The weather has been kind to Vermont’s ski resorts and trails over the final weeks of 2017, dropping close to three feet of snow at skiing and snowboarding destinations. The heavy snowfall, combined with an ongoing stretch of cold weather, ensures that condit
  
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• Responsible logging, clean water: Public invited to comment on proposed rule amendments

  28-12-2017 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Agency of Natural ResourcesDecember 27, 2017
  Media Contact:Dave Wilcox, Watershed ForesterDepartment of Forests, Parks & Recreation, Agency of Natural Resources
  [email protected]
  MONTPELIER – The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) is now accepting public comments on the proposed state rule amendment to the Acceptable Management Practices (AMPs) for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont. FPR invites the public to atte
  
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• Council signs off on Burlington Telecom sale

  28-12-2017 12:54 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington Telecom’s offices in Burlington. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The sale of Burlington Telecom cleared a hurdle Wednesday night with the city council’s approval of the deal.
  The Burlington City Council signed off on a 61-page agreement turning the telecom company over to Indiana-based Schurz Communications during a special meeting Wednesday night.The 10-2 vote marked the last major decision the city council has to make in the Burlington Telecom sale pro
  
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• Only 4 days left to support VTDigger. $49K left to end this drive.

  28-12-2017 02:50 via vtdigger.org
  Thank you to more than 100 donors who gave in the past two days to help us secure a $15,000 match Wednesday evening. We are truly grateful that they have chosen to support us. This brings us closer to ending this fundraising plea. We have $48,779 left to raise by Dec. 31.Help us finish this fund drive.
  VTDigger is available to you wherever you are, whenever you want us and on lots of platforms. In 2017, VTDigger developed a new, easier-to-read mobile design, launched an app for Apple and Android
  
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• Linda Sullivan: Economic development — the Vermont ‘brand’ and ‘anti-brand’

  28-12-2017 01:08 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan, a Democrat who represents the Bennington-Rutland District in the Vermont House of Representatives and is a member of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. This is the first of a three-part commentary. Part 1 was published Tuesday and Part 3 will be published on Thursday.
  We sometimes seem to be sitting on our collective hands and not promoting all of the very good Vermont has to offer. We do a great job aroun
  
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• Lauren Hierl: Scott missing the mark on climate change

  28-12-2017 01:03 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lauren Hierl, who is political director of Vermont Conservation Voters.To the surprise of many, a recent Agency of Natural Resources report showed that Vermont’s statewide greenhouse gas pollution emissions are rising. Given all the impressive work we’ve done developing clean local renewable wind and solar energy, and the well-documented success of our cutting-edge energy efficiency programs, how could that be?
  A key factor is that Vermont h
  
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• Chet Greenwood: Time to accept Trump

  28-12-2017 00:58 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chet Greenwood, who is chair of the Orleans County Republican Committee.
  I know it is hard to accept but Trump has been our president since Jan. 21 and it is time we acknowledge him as our president. You may not like him, he may be crude, rude and bombastic at times, but his demeanor can be attributable to his career in business and not being a “polished” politician who, more often than not, will tell you what you want to hear instead of the
  
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• Vermont Yankee can put off finishing cybersecurity upgrades

  28-12-2017 00:33 via vtdigger.org
  A simulation control room of the Vermont Yankee power plant at the company’s training center in Brattleboro. The plant has been shut down since 2014. File photo by John Herrick/VTDiggerVermont Yankee administrators are getting a 19-month extension to finish security upgrades designed to prevent cyberattacks.
  The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided that plant owner Entergy does not have to meet a cybersecurity deadline that had been set for this month. The new completion date
  
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• Anxiety grips St. George, Hinesburg trailer parks as owner looks to sell

  28-12-2017 00:04 via vtdigger.org
  The St. George Villa mobile home park in St. George is up for sale. Park residents have formed a cooperative and made a multimillion-dollar offer to buy their neighborhood. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerST. GEORGE — For months, a cloud of uncertainty has hung over residents of two mobile home parks that are set to be sold — either to an unknown company, or the residents themselves.
  Since they learned during the summer that their parks are up for sale by their longtime owner, residents
  
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